bit-tech Shopping: Sega Condemned 2 - Bloodshot (XB360)

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"Players will assume the identity of Ethan Thomas, the former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, who's been called back to duty to track down his missing partner. As Ethan, players will engage in visceral combat using a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and an all-new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains. To help track the killer and solve the mysteries behind Condemned 2: Bloodshot, players will crack open an all-new set of high-tech forensic tools. Using wits and brute strength, murders can be solved in a number of different ways to keep players guessing throughout each suspenseful investigation. Condemned 2: Bloodshot takes the series to a whole new level by introducing a variety of thrilling online multiplayer modes including deathmatch, which promises to deliver the most brutal hand-to-hand combat experience the first person genre has ever seen. Featuring an all-new fighting mechanic and online multiplayer functionality, Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action thriller which immerses players in a world of psychological terror. Following a string of gruesome murders, players must use their deductive skills and brute force to track down sadistic serial killers."

bit-tech Review

"When you get right down to it, these are all minor concerns at best and Condemned 2: Bloodshot really is an excellent game that flies in the face of common game design and thrives off what makes it different. At a time when everyone else is making open-ended, sandbox games all about huge gunfights and so on, Monolith has made a fantastically scary and enthralling game which makes a point out of being linear and claustrophobic.

The level of blood and guts is sure to scare many people away, but there’s an audience for that stuff too and it’s that gore-loving crowd which will perhaps love Condemned 2 the most, though beneath the surface there’s actually something for everyone.

At times puzzling and at others utterly pant-filling, Condemned 2: Bloodshot will shred your nerves, baffle your brain and exercise your sweat glands all in turn, making it clearly one of the most accomplished survival horror games we’ve ever played despite the uncomfortable multiplayer. Forget the flaws, dim the lights and up the volume for something that we can, unfortunately, only describe as 'pant-cackingly scary'." - 10th April 2008

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